LIB100 Introducing Library Resources & Information Literacy Skills

Lingnan University Library

October 2013

Handout of this workshop can be downloaded at: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/il_handouts

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After this workshop, you will be able to:

Identify and evaluate various resources from the Library and on the Internet

Identify the functions of the online Library Catalogue and 1-Search, and learn the basic searching strategies

Identify the self-help guides and popular online databases that the Library provides

Have basic understanding on citation and avoiding plagiarism

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Part A - Search for information in the Library Website

Have a quick tour of the Library Website Understand a reading list Perform Author Search in the Library

Catalogue Perform Advanced Search in the Library

Catalogue View Bibliographic Records Access My Library Account Understand the Library of Congress (LC)

Classification Scheme

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Quick tour of the Library Website

We shall begin with http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/

Quick linksE.g. My Library Account,Databases, Room Booking System, etc.

Different user groups

Search box

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Pull down menu of Library Website

A hub to find out most of the resources, services and facilities available in the Library Website

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How to understand a reference in a reading listExample: Book

Coupey, E. (2001). Marketing and the internet. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Year of publicatio

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TitleAuthor

Publication place Publisher

Remarks: APA Style is used in this example

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Example: Journal Article

Street, S. (2006). A Darwinian dilemma for realist theories of value. Philosophical Studies, 127(1), 109-166.

Year of publicatio

n

Title of the journal articleAuthor

Title of the

journal

Volume number (Issue number)

Pages

Remarks: APA Style is used in this example

How to understand a reference in a Reading List

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Example: Book Chapter

Parton, N. (2012). Thinking and acting constructively in child protection. In S. L. Witkin (Ed.), Social construction and social work practice: Interpretations and innovations (pp. 127-153). New York: Columbia University Press.

Year of publicatio

n

Title of the chapter

Author of the

chapter

Publication place

Title of the book : capital letter also for subtitle

Editor of the book

Pages of chapter

Publisher

Remarks: APA Style is used in this example

How to understand a reference in a Reading List

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Scenario one: If I already know the author’s name of a book…Q: I want to read the book written by Suzanne Collins in 2008. However I forget the title of the book, what should I do?

A: Search the Library Catalogue by Author. Be sure to search by placing the SURNAME in front of the first name. In this example, you should search “Collins, Suzanne”

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Scenario two: If I want to find books for my research project but do not know the name of the author / title of the item…Q: My instructor asked us to watch some local TV programmes about drug abuse cases in Hong Kong, produced in 2013. How can I find it?A: 1. Search the Library Catalogue by keywords

(“drug abuse”, “hong kong”) in the Advanced Search page

2. Then, limit the Material Type as “Local TV Programme”

3. Limit the Year as “After 2012”

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Viewing Bibliographical Records

After searching for books or other items in the Library Catalogue, here below are important tips for you to find out WHERE the book is: LOCATION of the item (where it is stored) CALL NUMBER of the item (the exact

address) STATUS of the item (available now or not)

For more details of the definitions of “LOCATION” and “STATUS” codes, please refer to:

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/catalogue_codes

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View BibliographicRecords in the Library Catalogue

1. Click the link to view the location map

Example 1: If the item is AVAILABLE, you can:1. Click / view the “LOCATION” to see where the item is placed2. Follow the “CALL NUMBER” to find the item from the bookshelf

It means the item is available for borrowing

2. Follow the call number to find the item on the bookshelf

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View BibliographicRecords in the Library Catalogue Example 2: If an item is currently checked out (i.e. with a due date) or on-hold, you can try alternatives:1.Click the relevant subject to find related works 2.Request/Hold the item and get notified when it is returned to the Library (for books only)3.Search for HKALL to see if other University Libraries have this item available (for books only)

It means the item is currently checked out

1. Click on any subject and you can see related items in the Library

3. Search HKALL

2. Request to wait for the item

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More Tips on Using the Library Catalogue

General Search Tips for the Library Catalogue: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/search_tips

About Library Catalogue: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/opac

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My Library Account

Use Lingnan Email / password to login

Check your borrowing records Make online renewal Check your reading history Register for SMS Alert Service to receive

library notices Modify your PIN for login to the Library

Account (but CANNOT modify your email password there)

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Brief Introduction to Library of Congress Classification Scheme

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/content.php?pid=338519&sid=2768286 Classification of major subjects in Lingnan Call number locations in the Library Know about shelf order

Online game: to arrange the books in the Library of Congress Classification order:

http://www.lcsc.edu/library/satchlcall/

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Part B – Identify various sources

Primary VS Secondary Sources Scholarly Journals VS Popular Magazines

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Primary Sources VS Secondary SourcesWhat is "Primary Sources"?“First-hand" informationMostly gathered from the participants/witnesses of an incidentUsually written/recorded in a very short time after the event happened

Examples of "Primary Sources" Newspaper articles (reporting an incident)Statistical dataRecords of organizationsInterview transcript

Importance of “Primary Sources”It presents a strong proof for your comment or argument, which makes your research paper more reliable

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What is "Secondary Sources" ?Information written based on the "Primary Sources"It is produced after the "Primary Sources" have been analyzed, commented, evaluated or filtered

Examples of "Secondary Sources"Editorial in a newspaperResearch journal articlesReport findings of a survey

Importance of “Secondary Sources”Inspire you to think more and give you more insight of the research question

Primary Sources VS Secondary Sources

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You can search the journal titles in the Library catalogue (http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/#tabs-3) or from the 1-search (http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/find/1-search-searchbox).

For magazines and journals, they are located in the "Serials Collections" or "Compact Shelves" of 2/F South Wing of the Library; a few popular magazines are available at 1/F Reading Room of the Library.

Scholarly Journals VS Popular Magazines

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Scholarly Journals VS Popular Magazines

Journals, serials and periodicals are publications that published continuously over a period of timeScholarly JournalsAlso known as peer reviewed journals or referred journals.Author's credentials are provided; usually a scholar or specialist with subject expertise.Articles are evaluated by peer-reviewers or referees who are experts in the field; edited for content, format, and style.Nearly all the journals are specialized in certain subject areas.A plain format with less design in the content.Target audience is scholars, researchers and students.References are provided in the footnotes or at the end of an article.

Examples: American Journal of Psychology, Harvard Business Review.

Popular MagazinesPublished frequently. Author is frequently a journalist paid to write articles, may or may not have subject expertise.Articles are evaluated by editorial staff, not experts in the field; edited for format and style.Deliver the information that is of interest to general public.Attractive covers and nice looking design in the contents. Target audience is the general public. References and citations of the sources may not be provided.

Examples: Time, National Geographic.

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Importance of identifying various sourcesYou should know what are you citing and

making reference to when you are doing your research paper.

If your assignment contains primary and secondary sources, it will certainly gain better reliability and authority.

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Quiz (Part A):

Please click the following:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ejy9LUfNI9pFzqFuPuYZpBJ4lQm7ASeaNTmg7yL179Y/viewform

This quiz is also available at:

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/quiz

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Part C - Search Strategies

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Searching strategies (1)Step 1 – Identify key concepts You should be clear about the key concept(s) you are

going to search

Key concepts can be: author’s name of a literature work keywords of your research theme country/place of a phenomenon appeared/an incident

happened

You could also decide what sorts of Library materials you will use. For example, are you searching for : some journal articles about your research topic? a book for your self-interest? a local TV programme for presentation use?

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Step 2 – Selection of search words Use related words/synonyms to build up

a series of keywords for searching If you cannot think of the synonyms, you

can use the Thesaurus or dictionaries to help

Always combine different keywords to have more search results

Step 3 – Use of operators to control the search Boolean Operators Wildcard / Truncation Parentheses

Searching strategies (2)

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Step 3(1) - Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT)

AND: searches records that contain both search terms, this narrows down the search result

OR: finds records in which anyone of search terms appears, this broadens the search result

NOT: finds records in which a specific term is excluded, this narrows down the search result but with the risk of excluding useful records

Practice:- Crime AND youth- Crime OR youth - Crime NOT youth

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Wildcards / Truncation: retrieves all variant endings of that keyword, this broadens the search result.

Most systems regard * as a truncation mark OPAC: * 1-Search* EBSCOhost: * ProQuest: * LexisNexis Academic: !

Step 3(2) - Wildcards / Truncation

Practice:Try to type politic* and “hong kong” to see the results.

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Parentheses( ): group words together, and gives priority and order in a search statement, this broadens the search.

Step 3(3) – Parentheses

Practice:

(sales tax OR vat OR value added tax OR gst) and hong kong

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Quotation Marks “ ”: search the words as an exact phrase, this narrows down the search result.

Step 3(4) – Quotation Marks

Practice:“social movement theory”

VS social movement theory

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Scenario in constructing a search (1) Q. I would like to do a research paper on the impact on children’s behavior by domestic violence. How can I construct a search for this theme?

1. Identify keywords from the research theme:

domestic violence child / children behavior impact

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2. To form related keywords. E.g.: domestic violence => family violence impact => effect

3. To combine keywords and use the Boolean operators/wildcards/parentheses to form the search

“(domestic OR family) violence” AND child* AND impact

“(domestic OR family) violence” AND child* AND behavior

Scenario in constructing a search (2)

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Part D – Introduction to guides and popular databases

Survival Guide for New Students Guides @ LU Databases Off-campus Access to Databases

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Survival Guide for New StudentsA good starting point for you to know the

library services and facilitieshttp://www.library.ln.edu.hk/services/information-services/survival-guide-new-students-getting-started

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Guides @ LUA portal to databases, subject guides and various user

guides on library services and facilitieshttp://libguides.ln.edu.hk/

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Databases Electronic databases provides information at

different levels. Depending on whether it is a full text database or bibliographic index database, it will provide the article level information, table of contents and often the full-text.

Access ALL library-subscribed databases in one link: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/databases

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Click the “Databases” quick link on the right-hand corner of Library Website

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1-Search

Allows searching across library catalogue records, major subscribed full-text databases, research in Digital Repository, etc., at the same time

NOT a substitute for any individual database

http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/find/1-search-searchbox

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Off-campus Access to Databases

If you are accessing the databases off-campus (e.g. at home), you will be asked to login-in with your Lingnan email username and password before going into the search pages of databases.

Alternatively, you can install SSL VPN provided by ITSC. Click here for more details:http://www.ln.edu.hk/itsc/network/vpn

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Part E – Introduction to plagiarism and citation

Definition of plagiarism Importance of citation RefWorks

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What is Plagiarism?

According to Oxford English Dictionary (2012), plagiarism (學術剽竊 ) refers to: the action or practice of taking the work,

idea, etc. of someone else, and passing it off as one's own; literary theft.

a particular idea, piece of writing, design, etc., which has been plagiarized; an act or product of plagiary.

To learn more about plagiarism :http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/cite_resources

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Plagiarism & CitationIn order to avoid the trap of plagiarism, we need to properly provide citations to ALL the resources (e.g. books, journal articles, websites) that we have made reference to in our research paper.

Citations are the key information of each piece of resource. It often includes :

Book chapter title / Journal article title / Webpage title Book title / Journal title Authors (and editors) Volume no. , issue no. & page no. of the journal article in

the journal Publisher and publication place of the book Address of the webpage (if the article is retrieved online

directly)

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Importance of CitationIt gives a kind of “credit” to the authors of

information that contribute to your research paper

It can add the creditability (reliability) of your research paper

Readers of your research paper can refer to the citation list and find out more sources related to your topic

Learn more about citation and plagiarism: http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/bibliography_plagiarism

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RefWorks Reworks is an online

citation management tool, which is an easy and convenient software to build-up and manage your citation. After building-up your citation, you can export your citation list to a Word file or email.

Guide on RefWorks :http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/refworks

There will be training workshop on using RefWorks by the Library. Please pay attention to our announcement.

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Information Technology Fluency (ITF) TestWith effect from 2012-2013, all undergraduate students

(both 3-year and 4-year programmes) are required to pass the ITF Test during their study at Lingnan

More details: http://tlc.ln.edu.hk/itfp/

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Quiz (Part B):

Please click the following:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gpnRFSBgNmEt6F9ALIAdC0BruIA7-wsWAtKnYnKr_sg/viewform

This quiz is also available at:

http://libguides.ln.edu.hk/quiz

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Need Help? Phone: 2616 8571

Email: refstaff@ln.edu.hk

Chat with a Librarian at:http://www.library.ln.edu.hk/research/ask-librarian

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